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Welcome to Gracetopia’s Shaken and Stirred 007 Scorecard series, where you will find the most exhaustive, comprehensive grading of James Bond movies anywhere on the internet. Fact. The movies are judged on a scale of 1-5 Moneypennys across 5 very important criteria: theme song, Bond girl, villain, Q tech, and kitsch factor, and then given an overall grade. … More Shaken and Stirred 007 Scorecard: Octopussy

Welcome to Gracetopia’s Shaken and Stirred 007 Scorecard series, where you will find the most exhaustive, comprehensive grading of James Bond movies anywhere on the internet. Fact. The movies are judged on a scale of 1-5 Flemings across 5 very important criteria: theme song, Bond girl, villain, Q tech, and kitsch factor, and then given an overall … More Shaken and Stirred 007 Scorecard: Dr. No

Ok guys, so Pacific Rim. It is not a perfect movie. It is not a particularly surprising movie. But damn is it a lot of fun. If the idea of watching (basically) Godzilla fight against (basically) Optimus Prime does not interest you, you should just check out now. But if that sounds like your cup … More surely they could have come up with a better title than “pacific rim”

So, last weekend I went to see JOHN CARTER. Not many people did. It’s getting mediocre reviews and nobody really seems to know what it’s about. HOWEVER. It was totally worth it. If you want a beautiful, exciting sci-fi adventure story with a dash of steampunkery and a dash of Victoriana, you should go see … More John Carter OF MARS

Purely by chance, I ended up at the midnight showing of Captain America in downtown Boston last night. Purely by chance, so did my younger brother. Perhaps we are related, after all. Before I start my review, I will sum up my knowledge of Captain America so that you understand where I am coming from: … More Captain America, hells yeah

I watched like 8 hours of Dracula yesterday. Because I am AWESOME. Also, because I bought a Christopher Lee fourpack at Target last week and it was dying to be watched. I mean, come on, the 4th one was called Dracula: A.D. 1972. That could not set on my shelf unwatched for long. And really, … More so much dracula, so much boob

Saw this movie last night and oh MY god I could not stop laughing. Go see this movie. No, really, I don’t care what else you may have to do, cancel things and go see this movie. Or else Woody Harrelson will banjo your ass to death. And you don’t want that.

Hi! I’m here! Been busy this past week, what with work craziness and friend awesomeness. So a quick catch-up of my recent activities and ponderings. So. Bullet points, methinks? Why yes please. On Kanye: I’m with O’Bama here, what a jackass. I don’t care if you’re drunk, I don’t care if you haven’t recovered from … More mish-mash muddle